Background

Mr. John A. Manzoni, BEng, MEng, MBA, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the UK Government’s Major Projects Authority. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Talisman Energy Inc. from September 1, 2007 to September 10, 2012. Mr. Manzoni has held several senior strategic and operational leadership positions with BP plc and its global group of companies in past 24 years. He served in various roles at BP Plc, including Chief Executive, Refining ... & Marketing from 2002 to May 2007 and Group Managing Director until August 31, 2007. Mr. Manzoni served as the Chief Executive and Executive Vice President of Gas & Power at BP from 2001 to 2002. He served as Regional President of Eastern United States at BP from 2000 to 2001 and as Group Vice President of Downstream European Markets at BP Downstream from 1999 to 2000 and Development Director of Oil Refining and Marketing from 1997 to 1999. Mr. Manzoni served as Manager of Group Planning at BP from 1996 to 1997 and Vice President of Prudhoe Bay at BP Exploration Alaska from 1994 to 1996. He served as Manager of Investor Relations at BP from 1991 to 1993; Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer at BP Exploration from 1989 to 1991 and Offshore Production Engineer at BP Exploration Norway since 1989. Mr. Manzoni also served as Petroleum Engineer at BP Exploration from 1985 to 1988 and 1983 to 1984 and its Reservoir Engineer from 1984 to 1985. He served as an Executive at BP, responsible for the merger integration process between BP and Amoco, and then served as its Group Vice President In Charge of downstream European marketing. He served as Non-Executive Chairman of Leyshon Energy Limited until November 2014. He serves as a Non Executive Director and Member of Advisory Board of Adamant Ventures LLP. He has been a Non-Executive Director for SABMiller plc since August 1, 2004. He serves as an Executive Director of BP Trinidad & Tobago LLC. He serves as a Member of the Energy Advisory Board at Accenture. He served as a Member of Canada Advisory Board at Catalyst Inc. He served as an Executive Director at BP PLC from February 2003 to August 31, 2007. He served as a Director at Talisman Energy Inc. since 2007. Mr. Manzoni serves as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council of Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 1994, he was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned a Master of Science in Business Management. Mr. Manzoni graduated from Imperial College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering in 1982 and a Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1983. He also holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering, Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Petroleum Engineering and Civil Engineering from The Leland Stanford Junior University.

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